This Boatmen Community Ferries Devotees At Kumbh Since Generations

Thursday, 6 February 2025Newsdesk

Nishad boatmen say they are the proud inheritors of an ancient profession, transporting pilgrims and narrating the significance of the Kumbh Mela.

New Delhi 06 February 2025

As per news report of NDTV,For millions of Hindu pilgrims at the millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual bathing in the holy waters where sacred rivers meet. And for as long as anyone can remember, it has been generations of boatmen from the Nishad community who have provided the ferry service, rowing devotees to the holiest site at the confluence of rivers.

Source - NDTV